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If geothermal has indeed been available for quite some time and the finances work out for the US consumer, BUT there has been no significant US consumer adoptio
by jpao79 8y ago
If geothermal has indeed been available for quite some time and the finances work out for the US consumer, BUT there has been no significant US consumer adoption, shouldn't we be applauding Dandelion and Google for using the Google brand awareness to drive awareness around and shining the light on this proven, environmentally and economically sustainable technology?
Even better if the existing geothermal and utility incumbents rise to the challenge and out-market and out-engineering naive Google to drive even greater adoption of sustainable tech!
- jacknews 8y ago:applause Seriously, it's a great idea and a shame it hasn't been adopted more widely. I would take issue with their terminology though. To me, geothermal energy is extracting energy from hotspots in the earths's crust, as in Iceland, hot springs, and so on. This is just using the stable temperatures below the surface as a source/sink for a heat-pump - no energy is being extracted. Hence ground-source heat-pump.